Oil burner



June 26, 1923. 1,459,920

c. E. MCKEE OIL BURNER Filed Sept. 1 1922 3/ "97 v 6 INVENTOR I Char/a 5 Ma /f?e A TTORNE Y Patented June 26, 1923:.

waste re CHARLES E. MCKEE, or KANSAS CITY, ivirssouar, assienoa or ONE-HALF T MINNi TONER, or CAMDEN, MISSOURI.

OIL BURNER.

Application filed September 1, 1922. Serial No. 585,683,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLns E. MoKnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Kansas City, in the county of Jackson and State of Missouri, have invented certain new I and useful Improvements in Oil Burners; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art In to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

15 This invention relates to oil burners and the primary object thereof isto provide a novel, inexpensive, efiicient means for burning oil; the burner being self-contained in that it consists of a base which is adapted 20 to be attached to a suitable support. The

base carries a generating chamber and a fuel distributing means complete; it, therefore, being only necessary to attach the burner to a pipe line, prime it, and allow the conversion of the oil into heat to take place.

The novel construction of the invention will be apparent by reference to the follow ing description in connection with the accompanying drawings, in whichi 30 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a burner constructed in accordance with my invention.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

The burner is illustrated as having a substantially rectangular hollow base consisting of a bottom 1 having two side walls 2 and 3 and two end walls 4: and 5. Spaced with relation to the end walls 4: and 5 are two transverse partitions 6 and 7 the partitions combining with the side walls 2 and 3 to form a central priming pan or chamber 8.

The end walls 4 and 5 and the transverse partitions 6 and 7 are notched; that is, they have aligning recesses or notches to provide seats to receive the lowermost horizontal pipe 9 of a burner loop, the loop being completed by the two upstanding end pipes 10 and 11 and the upper horizontal pipe 12, 50 which is parallel with the pipe 9 but in a higher plane.

The pipe 9 is held on its seats by two end clamping bars 13 and 14, whichhave notches 15 and 16 crosswise thereof intermediate their ends so that the bars 13 and 14 can slipover the pipe 9 and by fastening the bars to the ends of the base, the pipe 9 will be lirmly held in place and consequently the loop will be held in its proper position as shown in Fig. 1.

vaporized oil passes to be converted into flame. The flame generated by the gas or vapor passing through the ports 18 and 19" will contact with the spreaders 20 and 21, which consist of brackets. having circular disks at their lower ends, the brackets be ing hungon pipe 12. The disks are over the openings 18 and '19 so that the flame will be spread. Enough heat will be generatei'l, however, to gasify the incoming oil when it reaches the pipe 12. y

The pipe 12 is fed from a pipe 22 having a nipple 23by means of which a connection can be made with a supply pipe. The nipple carries a valve 24 of appropriate construction so that the supply through the pipe 22 may be controlled.

The partitions 6 and 7 divide the base into three compartments, the central priming compartment 8 and two air-supplying compartments 25 and 26. The bottoms ot the air-supplying compartments 25 and 26 are provided with openings 27, through which air may pass and rise to the recessed portions 28 of the cross bars 29 and 30, each having depending legs 31 and 32, which may be fastened to the side bars 2 and 3 of the base by fastening devices and 34. The air which enters through the openings 27 may pass up around the recessed portion 28, mixing with the vapor discharg ing through 18 and 19 as the mixture is being discharged through the ports 35 and 36 in the bars 29 and 30 so that the mixture will be directed through the orifices. in a combined or constricted Zone until it is ignited, whereupon it will strike the deflectors or spreaders 20 and 21 and cover a relatively large area.

The flame will heat the pipe 12 sufficiently to vaporize the incoming oil. Before the burner can be initially started, however, it must be primed. In order to do this 1 may place a quantity of oil or alcohol in the priming pan 8, and then ignite it so that the pipe 9 becomes hot. By opening the valve 24, the oil will come into the loop, passing through pipes 9 and 12. Both pipes will be hot enough to vaporize the oil. The

oil will issue from the orifices 18 and 19 and sufficiently gasify, and combine with the air to produce combustion. After that, the flame will be hot enough to supply the necessarv heat to keep the pipe 12 hot enoughto vaporize the incoming oil.

Thereafter, when it vis desired to discontinue the use of a burner, it willbe only necessary to out off the supply through the medium of the valve 24. 1

The parts for the burner, except the piping, may be easily cast and readily assembled. Thepiping may be procured atany plumbing or pipe fitting establishment. It is'a standard size and the connection is also standard. c y n It will be apparent that when the valve 24 is open, the oil will enter'the pipe 12, where it will pass in opposite: directions down through the pipes 10 and 11 and into the pipe 9 and after it has been heated sufficiently to vaporize, it will pass out in the form ofvapor through the openings 18 and an intake connection and orifices through which the fuel may discharge, said pipe be1nrece1ved in the seats in the end walls and partitions, means fastened to the ends of the base for clamping the pipe onto the seats, and cross bars fastened to the base and having openings in line with the discharge orifices of the pipe, the openings in the cross bars being in line with open;

ings in the bottom of the base whereby air may pass up through the bottom of the base around the outlet orifices for the loop and after combining with the air, pass through the openings in the bars. I i

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature CHARLES E. McKEE. 

